#8EB531#8EB531

#8EB531 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.161 H 124.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EB531
RGB	rgb(142, 181, 49)
HSL	hsl(78, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(78, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.5%, 0%, 72.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.77, -31.75, 59.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.77, 67.17, 118.21°)
OKLab	oklab(71.99% -0.092 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(71.99% 0.161 124.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.2338, 39.0200, 8.9493)
Luminance	0.3902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EB531 #5831B5

analogous

#B59A31 #8EB531 #4CB531

triadic

#8EB531 #318EB5 #B5318E

tetradic

#8EB531 #31B59A #5831B5 #B5314C

square

#8EB531 #31B59A #5831B5 #B5314C

split-complementary

#8EB531 #314CB5 #9A31B5

monochromatic

#425517 #688524 #8EB531 #ABD053 #C3DD83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#8EB531 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#8EB531 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EB531

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EB531	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EB531	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFA918

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA73D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95AC9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eb531;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 181, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.161 124.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3cb72',
    500: '#8eb531',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eb531;
$custom-light: #b3cb72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eb531",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.727,
    "s": 57.391,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71994,
    "c": 0.16092,
    "h": 124.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EB531

secondary

#917BC7

accent

#47E175

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#111308

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EB531

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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